Tampa Calling

This Friday, San Francisco’s murdergrass outfit, The Pine Box Boys, will make their triumphant return to the stage at Dave’s Aqua Lounge. The last time these guys came through town I partied a little too hard with my good buddies Beam and Ginger, and was unable to write a decent review of the show, which is a good sign I had one hell of a good time (and I did). The interplay of the band members as well as their faux-arguments even makes the between-song inner-band banter a complete riot.

You’re asking, what does the band sound like? You’re wondering, what exactly is murdergrass? Well, let’s say you put Old Crow Medicine Show and Those Poor Bastards in a blender. Now, if you were to puree them, you’d get one hell of a mess, but if that mess could somehow make music, that amalgam of Old Crow and TPB would be The Pine Box Boys. If Old Crow are Dr. Jekyll, then The Pine Box Boys are their Mr. Hyde.

So, come join me at Dave’s Friday night and listen to Mr. Lester T. Raww confess to more murders than the Green River Killer. Try not to think too ill of the band, though, as they said a few years back, ““We never wanted any of them ladies to get killed. But they kept on bleeding and Willie kept on stabbing, so, well, I reckon we HAD to write a song about it.”

Flawless logic if you ask me.

The Pine Box Boys – I Had To Cut Her
The Pine Box Boys – Just A Crush
The Pine Box Boys – Hair Of Gold
The Pine Box Boys – The Pallbearers

The Pine Box Boys Official Site, The Pine Box Boys on myspace, Buy The Pine Box Boys’ music

9B editor and guest contributor Marci also wanted to make sure ya’ll knew about Dr. Dog coming to the Crowbar this Thursday night. This is what she had to say about them when she saw them at Lollapalooza last year: “These guys are 100 percent pros and fit all the energy and music they could into the hour allotted to them on the little MySpace stage. Much of the crowd knew the lyrics to every song, and as the five guys gave their all, for a little while, it felt as if we’d been transported from this sunny public park to a little local gin joint. If you get a chance to see these guys, do it, you won’t be disappointed.” She tells me that this time, they’ll be playing a place that enhances their raw, blues-filled harmonies and the show should not be missed.

Dr Dog’s Official Site , Dr Dog on myspace

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